The jersey’s seller has asked to remain anonymous, according to an ESPN report, but the auction house displayed a notarized letter of authenticity to reporter Darren Rovell. Officials at Lelands have also matched the jersey to photos of Laettner’s size 48, No. 32 uniform.

Laettner, still considered a villain by UK fans, hit a buzzer-beating jump shot from the free throw line on an inbounds pass from Grant Hill that lifted Duke over the Wildcats and into the Final Four. “The Shot” was chosen by fans as March Madness’ top moment at this year’s NCAA Tournament.

“'If I'm in a bar or restaurant and there's people around kind of seeing how I react to it, I'll purposely not look at it, so they don't run around saying, ‘Laettner loved to watch himself on TV,’ ” Laettner said. “But if I'm in the privacy of my home with my family, I know it's coming on, I'll definitely take a peek at it.”

The anonymous seller told ESPN that Laettner gave him the jersey after the 1992 season, which ended with Duke’s second straight national championship. The highest price fetched for a basketball jersey, according to ESPN’s Rovell, was $250,000 for a Virginia Squires uniform worn by Julius Erving.

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